Hantharwady United Football Club ( my, ဟံသာဝတီ ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံး အသင်း) is a professional

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club, based in Bago,

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, and represents the

Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...

. The club was a founding member of the

Myanmar National League The MPT Myanmar National League ( my, မြန်မာ နေရှင်နယ် လိဂ်; abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which co ...

(MNL) in 2009. It finished in sixth place in the league's inaugural cup competition, the

MNL Cup 2009 MNL Cup Grand Royal 2009 is the inaugural knock-out club football tournament of the Myanmar National League. The tournament, held at the Aung San Stadium and the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon between 16 May and 5 July 2009, was contested by all eight ...

. In 2012, the club changed its name from Okktha United to Hantharwady United. As Okktha United, the club won their first ever major trophy by winning the MFF Cup in 2010.

History

2009

Hantharwady United FC was a founding member of the MNL in 2009 as Okktha United. This team represents the Bago Region. The team owner is Aung Moe Kyaw of

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(IBT).

2013–14

Hantharwady United was relegated to

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. Hantharwady became champions of MNL-2 and were promoted to the MNL. Bamba scored 24 goals while Hantharwady United were in MNL-2.

2019-2020

At the end of the 2019 season, Hantharwady United appointed Myo Min Tun (former Yangon United coach) as their head coach. The team kicked off the

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with a 1–0 win over Rakhine United F.C. at Bago, claiming an instant fourth spot. Since a win against

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in Week 3, Hantharwady United maintained its 1st position in the league for 15 consecutive weeks, until Week 18. During this time, Hantharwady United won 13 games, drew 1 and lost 2, while scoring 42 goals and conceding only 12. In the following week, Hantharwady United surprisingly lost to Magwe, which meant that the team shifted to 2nd place while Shan United took over after a long run of consecutive wins. Hantharwady United drew to

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in their last match of

, finishing as the runner-up behind the champions Shan United just by a point. The 18 year old winger

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laid on the most assists (9 assists) while Ko Ko Naing kept the most cleansheets (9 cleansheets) in the league. In addition, the Ivorian forward

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and

won Player Of The Month once each with coach Myo Min Tun also winning the Manager Of The Month twice. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, General Aung San Shield was postponed, meaning Hantharwady United were guaranteed a spot in the play-off round of

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, which will be their first appearance in a continental competition.

2020-2021

To prepare for the upcoming 2021

and

, Hantharwady United have signed the veteran Pyae Phyo Aung (goalkeeper) from

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and

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from

Yadanarbon F.C. Yadanarbon Football Club ( my, ရတနာပုံ ဘောလုံး အသင်း ) is a Burmese professional football club based at the Bahtoo Stadium in Mandalay. The club was a founding member of the Myanmar National League in 2009 ...

More signings will be made upon coach Myo Min Tun's decision over the transfer window.

Sponsors and manufacturers

Stadium

Grand Royal Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the city of Bago,

. It is currently used mostly for

matches. The stadium holds 7,000.

Stadium and locations

Honours

Cup

* General Aung San Shield : Winners (1):

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Season-by-season record

2022 Final squad list

Coaching staff

Managerial history

''Head coaches by years (2018–present)''

References

{{Myanmar National League Association football clubs established in 2009 Myanmar National League clubs 2009 establishments in Myanmar